The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Developer
Rank 386 374 271
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -103
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 127 190 359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.305% 0.356% 0.639%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.331% 0.385% 0.689%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 141 230
Average daily rate £383 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% -4.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £266 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £500 £539
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
Average hourly rate £34.50 £20.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.29% -46.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.21 £16.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.40 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £20.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+68.29% -46.05%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server Developer
UK

SQL Server Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England SQL Server Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the England region.

England SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the England region.

England SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +19 69 £475 +14.45%
South East -5 22 £325 -
West Midlands +1 10 £320 -1.53%
East Midlands -1 9 £250 -16.66%
South West +22 4 £290 +7.40%
North West +6 4 £340 +18.26%
Yorkshire -4 4 £270 -1.81%
East of England +17 3 £320 -14.66%
North East - 2 £250 -
Midlands - 1 - -
SQL Server Developer
UK

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

1 278 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 169 (60.79%) SQL
3 147 (52.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 131 (47.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 126 (45.32%) SQL Server 2008
6 115 (41.37%) T-SQL
7 95 (34.17%) .NET
8 94 (33.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 76 (27.34%) ETL
10 75 (26.98%) C#
11 64 (23.02%) Data Warehouse
11 64 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
12 61 (21.94%) Banking
13 55 (19.78%) SQL Server 2005
14 46 (16.55%) Microsoft
15 45 (16.19%) Finance
16 40 (14.39%) ASP.NET
17 36 (12.95%) MDX
18 34 (12.23%) OLAP
19 30 (10.79%) Investment Banking
20 28 (10.07%) VB.NET
21 26 (9.353%) Migration
22 24 (8.633%) Microsoft Analysis Services
22 24 (8.633%) SQL Server 2012
23 22 (7.914%) Data Modelling
24 19 (6.835%) Windows
25 18 (6.475%) Degree
25 18 (6.475%) NHS
25 18 (6.475%) MS Excel
25 18 (6.475%) Web Services

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 95 (34.17%) .NET
2 40 (14.39%) ASP.NET
3 36 (12.95%) MDX
4 18 (6.475%) Web Services
5 16 (5.755%) XML
6 13 (4.676%) WinForms
7 11 (3.957%) HTML
7 11 (3.957%) WPF
8 10 (3.597%) jQuery
9 7 (2.518%) ASP
9 7 (2.518%) REST
10 6 (2.158%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (2.158%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.799%) XSL
11 5 (1.799%) COM+
11 5 (1.799%) Ajax
12 4 (1.439%) HTML5
12 4 (1.439%) LINQ
12 4 (1.439%) WCF
12 4 (1.439%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.158%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.079%) IIS
3 1 (0.360%) SAS
3 1 (0.360%) Apache
3 1 (0.360%) MSMQ
3 1 (0.360%) MTS
3 1 (0.360%) CMS
3 1 (0.360%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 18 (6.475%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.158%) PowerPivot
3 2 (0.719%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.719%) MS Office
4 1 (0.360%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.360%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.360%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 2 (0.719%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.360%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.360%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.799%) HTTP
2 4 (1.439%) NAS
3 2 (0.719%) SAN
4 1 (0.360%) Internet
4 1 (0.360%) Firewall
4 1 (0.360%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.360%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 147 (52.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 131 (47.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 126 (45.32%) SQL Server 2008
5 94 (33.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 64 (23.02%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (19.78%) SQL Server 2005
8 34 (12.23%) OLAP
9 24 (8.633%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 24 (8.633%) SQL Server 2012
10 12 (4.317%) QlikView
10 12 (4.317%) DTS
11 9 (3.237%) SQL Server 2000
12 6 (2.158%) MS Access
12 6 (2.158%) Star Schema
13 4 (1.439%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 4 (1.439%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (1.439%) Data Mart
14 3 (1.079%) GIS
14 3 (1.079%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 12 (4.317%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.799%) JIRA
2 5 (1.799%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (1.079%) ClearCase
3 3 (1.079%) Subversion
3 3 (1.079%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.719%) Moq
4 2 (0.719%) ReSharper
4 2 (0.719%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (0.719%) NetAdvantage
4 2 (0.719%) MSI
5 1 (0.360%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.360%) Mercurial
General
1 61 (21.94%) Banking
2 45 (16.19%) Finance
3 30 (10.79%) Investment Banking
4 12 (4.317%) Retail
5 6 (2.158%) Marketing
6 5 (1.799%) Back Office
6 5 (1.799%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.439%) Local Government
8 3 (1.079%) Advertising
8 3 (1.079%) Publishing
9 2 (0.719%) Games
9 2 (0.719%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.719%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.360%) Electronics
10 1 (0.360%) Legal
10 1 (0.360%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.475%) NHS
2 15 (5.396%) Credit Risk
3 10 (3.597%) Replication
4 7 (2.518%) Computer Science
5 6 (2.158%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.799%) Market Risk
6 5 (1.799%) Tandem
6 5 (1.799%) Data Integration
7 4 (1.439%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.079%) Derivative
8 3 (1.079%) Clustering
8 3 (1.079%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.079%) Data Extraction
9 2 (0.719%) Inversion of Control
9 2 (0.719%) Open Source
9 2 (0.719%) Kindle
9 2 (0.719%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.719%) Equities
9 2 (0.719%) Online Games
9 2 (0.719%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.835%) Windows
2 7 (2.518%) Linux
3 2 (0.719%) Android
3 2 (0.719%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (0.719%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.719%) UNIX
4 1 (0.360%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (27.34%) ETL
2 64 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (9.353%) Migration
4 22 (7.914%) Data Modelling
5 12 (4.317%) Data Migration
6 11 (3.957%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (3.957%) Kimball Methodology
7 9 (3.237%) OO
7 9 (3.237%) Multithreading
7 9 (3.237%) Unit Testing
7 9 (3.237%) Scrum
7 9 (3.237%) Asset Management
8 8 (2.878%) TDD
8 8 (2.878%) CRM
8 8 (2.878%) E-Commerce
8 8 (2.878%) Workflow
9 7 (2.518%) Data Transformation
10 6 (2.158%) Release Management
10 6 (2.158%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (2.158%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 169 (60.79%) SQL
2 115 (41.37%) T-SQL
3 75 (26.98%) C#
4 28 (10.07%) VB.NET
5 16 (5.755%) VB
6 15 (5.396%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.036%) VBA
8 13 (4.676%) Perl
9 6 (2.158%) VBScript
10 5 (1.799%) VB6
11 4 (1.439%) C
12 3 (1.079%) Java
12 3 (1.079%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.719%) C++
14 1 (0.360%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.360%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.360%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.360%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 18 (6.475%) Degree
2 10 (3.597%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.158%) MCTS
4 5 (1.799%) MCP
4 5 (1.799%) MCAD
4 5 (1.799%) MCSD
5 1 (0.360%) MCITP
5 1 (0.360%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 1 (0.360%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.360%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.799%) Basel III
2 4 (1.439%) QA
3 2 (0.719%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.360%) SLA
4 1 (0.360%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (2.518%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.799%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.360%) LiteSpeed
Systems Management
1 4 (1.439%) BMC Performance Manager
1 4 (1.439%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 46 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.115%) Business Objects
3 13 (4.676%) Oracle
4 7 (2.518%) VMware
4 7 (2.518%) Perforce
5 6 (2.158%) SAP
6 4 (1.439%) Cadis
6 4 (1.439%) Twitter
6 4 (1.439%) BMC
6 4 (1.439%) Hyperion
6 4 (1.439%) NetApp
7 3 (1.079%) Cognos
8 2 (0.719%) Infragistics
8 2 (0.719%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.360%) Epicor
9 1 (0.360%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.360%) Sage
9 1 (0.360%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.360%) BT
9 1 (0.360%) Sybase
London
Prestigious Financial Client in London looking for multiple Senior Sql Server Developers (Contract - 6 Months rolling) to join their London offices... Key Skills: - Strong Sql Server Developers to...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Paying up to £550 per day.Key Skills:- Strong Sql Server Developers to work on a mixture of new projects (Greenfield) and existing BAU work.- Ideally the successful...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
North Yorkshire
My client requires a business intelligence developer who has strong SQL Server, NHS, SSRS and SSAS experience. This will be for an initial 8 week contract which may...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £240 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Brighton, South East
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank for SQL Server Data warehouse developer to join a growing bank wide Treasury team as a SQL Server...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank for SQL Server Data warehouse developer to join a growing bank wide Treasury team as a SQL Server...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Car Allowance, Beneifts, Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
This is a great role for an experienced SQL Server Software Developer who has excellent business intelligence skills. You'll have a minimum of 5 years proven practical...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata), plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The perfect candidate will have solid experience with C# and ASP.NET Development, SQL Server 2008 onwards, T-SQL, SSIS, Performance Optimisation, Server Configuration, Performance Tuning, Integration Services ,...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
ASP.Net / C# / SQL Server Developer required- Contract - Cheshire *** Type: 6 Month Contract Rate: Circa £200 per day Location:South Cheshire Start Date: ASAP C# / ASP.Net SQL...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
SQL Server, BI, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, PerformancePoint, SharepointMy client is a leading financial services company based in the city. They require highly skilled Microsoft BI professionals to design,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
You should have experience working with SQL Server, and understand the principles of data warehouses... Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing,...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing, J2EE, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET or C#.About usAgeas 50 is the name behind...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Brighton, South East
This SQL Server Data warehouse developer would be responsible for the physical design of the data warehouse, the development of the existing data mart with a particular focus...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus, Beneifts, Pension, Car Allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Top tier investment bank requires a senior database developer working as part of global team who are responsible for developing systems to conform to Basel III regulatory requirements...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013